2007 Spring photo-eye Booklist.
The Spring issue of photo-eye Booklist is now available for purchase through the photo-eye Bookstore. Our cover features a photograph by Peter Granser, from his new monograph Coney Island published by Hatje Cantz.

[Important correction: In the review of Don't Kiss Me, on p. 22, and again on p. 40 in the review of Apollo Prophecies, incorrect bibliographic information was unfortunately published. In both instances, the publisher of these fines books is Aperture. The correct information can be found on our website under the listing for each book. We apologize for this mistake.]

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Paul Kranzler: Land of Milk and Honey
"The title can only be meant ironically as photographer Paul Kranzler tells the story of his elderly neighbors, Toni and Aloisia, living out their days in their one-room subsidized apartment. The deeply empathetic photos document the subjects' bewilderment at slipping out of the middle class due to forces beyond their control."—the publisher READ MORE

Daido Moriyama: Farewell Photography
"A revised reprint of Moriyama's original and now highly sought after classic publication of 1972. Inspired by William Klein's blurred photos of New York street life, Andy Warhol's silk-screened productions and Jack Kerouac's free-spirited travel writing, Moriyama developed a new and radical approach to producing images."—the publisher READ MORE

George Tice: Paterson II
"Renowned photographer George Tice began his thirty-year documentation of the vernacular architecture of his home state with Paterson in 1972, which formed part of his acclaimed one-man show at Metropolitan Museum of Art."—the publisher READ MORE

Robert Polidori: After the Flood
"All the places
I went in, the doors were just open. They had been opened by what I
collectively call 'the army,' of maybe 20 National Guards from New
Hampshire, 15 policemen from Minneapolis, 20 firefighters from New
York . . . On maybe half of them or a third of them that I went in, I think
that the occupants had been there prior. And some of them did leave certain
funeral-like mementos before they left."—Robert Polidori

Minor White: The Moment of Seeing
"The Moment of Seeing is much more than a history of the program and those who comprised it. Including White's never-before-published writings on the teaching of photography, it is also a rich gallery of iconic images by both renowned faculty members and the dedicated students they taught."—the publisher READ MORE

Each December, the entire staff at photo-eye gathers together and votes on what we feel are the best books of the year. To view the entire list, click here. Below you'll find some selections from that list. Enjoy!

Kahn & Selesnick: The Apollo Prophecies
"The Apollo Prophecies depicts, in one extravagantly long tritone panorama, an
imagined expedition of 1960s American astronauts who land on the moon
and discover a lost mission of Edwardian-era astronauts who greet them as
long-awaited gods. These wildly inventive staged photographs, evidence of
events that never happened, playfully question the role of photography in our
sense of historical truth.

About the Limited Edition:
The limited edition, available in a print run of 250 copies, includes a signed
and numbered lenticular image (viewed from one
angle, it reveals an astronaut from the Edwardian era; from the other an astronaut
from the 60s) and a 20-minute DVD documenting the lunar mission."—the publisher READ MORE

Collier Schorr: Jens F
"When Schorr met the German teenager Jens F. on a train in 1999 and proposed to photograph him
(which she did through 2005), she knew that it was a
seduction of sorts and that she intended to bend her
model to her will. She set herself the somewhat remarkable
task of posing him in all of the stances Helga had
taken while posing for Wyeth."—the publisher

Joel Sternfeld: Sweet Earth—Signed
"This book by one of America's foremost artists includes a photograph of each community and is accompanied by brief text that summarizes the most salient aspects of the history or organization. A book that functions both as art, as well as a hopeful guide to alternative ways of life."—the publisher READ MORE

This year, we invited four VIP guests to submit a few of their favorite or overlooked books of 2006. To see the full lists by Vince Aletti, Tim Davis, Molly Logan, and Rixon Reed, click here.

G U E S T L I S T: V I N C E A L E T T I

Fashion Magazine by Bruce Gilden
"In this edition, Gilden works together with the New
York Times Fashion Editor Anne Christenssen to
investigate the Seven Deadly Sins of Fashion:
Power, Fame, Addiction, Body Worship, Fantasy,
Illicitness and Exclusivity. The seven sections are housed in one large and sturdy plastic
envelope 15 x 11 inches.—the publisher READ MORE

John Pilson: Interregna
"These photographs document a pre-9/11 moment—the officescape of a 24/7 investment bank at the height of the dot-com bubble, where John Pilson (*1968) worked as a computer graphics operator on the graveyard shift. Using the opportunities provided by the "dead time" of late night and early morning, he began to explore this space using still and video photography."—the publisher READ MORE

Marc Joseph: New and Used
"Growing up in Ohio in the 1970s, photographer Marc Joseph's first
exposure to art, writing and music came through the eccentric smaller
book and record shops of downtown Cleveland. Most Saturday afternoons
were spent combing through the stacks in anticipation of a major
future purchase—like his first, London Calling by the Clash—or studying
certain talismanic book covers like George Orwell's Animal Farm or
Allen Ginsberg's Howl. This was the beginning of Joseph's permanent
fascination with books and records—both as public artworks and as formative private experiences."—the publisher READ MORE

Fazal Sheikh: Moksha
"For 500 years, the holy city of Vrindavan in northern India has been a haven for India's dispossessed widows. Cast out by their families and condemned by strict marital laws that deny them legal, economic, and, in extreme cases, even human rights, they have made their way to the city to worship at its temples and live in its ashrams, surviving on charitable handouts or begging on the streets."—the publisher READ MORE